CN1890519A

CN1890519A - Ice tray

Info

Publication number: CN1890519A
Application number: CNA2004800359381A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 索尼娅·瓦尔特拉萨
Original assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
Current assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
Priority date: 2003-12-03
Filing date: 2004-12-01
Publication date: 2007-01-03
Anticipated expiration: 2024-12-01
Also published as: WO2005054761A1; CN1890519B; RU2006117063A; EP1702185A1; RU2365832C2; DE20318710U1

Abstract

The invention relates to an ice tray with a lower section (1), having a plurality of compartments (4), open to one side, and with a cover (2) which can be placed on the opened side of the lower section, whereby said cover is closed and seals against a flange (8), surrounding the opened side of the lower section.

Description

ice cube container

本发明涉及一种用于制造冰块的容器，该冰块尤其是呈立方体或近似立方体的形状，通过将水注入该容器的多个敞开的格中并将该容器连同包含于其中的水一起低温冷冻来制造。The invention relates to a container for producing ice cubes, in particular in the form of cubes or near cubes, by filling the open compartments of the container with water and bringing the container together with the water contained therein Manufactured by cryogenic freezing.

这种冰块容器具有敞开的盒的形状，这些盒被分成多个格。如果这种冰块容器在致冷装置中存放较长时间，则冰会产生一种特殊的、让人感觉不舒服的口味。同时，冰还会在其自由表面上重结晶形成粗糙的霜，这样，存储较长时间的冰块即使在口味上还没有改变也会在这方面被识别出。因此，用户必须定期将这样的冰块容器排空并重新注水，即使由此重新制得的冰块在此期间仍然不能被吃掉。Such ice cube containers have the shape of open boxes that are divided into compartments. If such ice cube containers are stored in a refrigerator for a prolonged period, the ice develops a characteristic, unpleasant taste. At the same time, the ice also recrystallizes on its free surface to form a rough frost, so that ice cubes that have been stored for a long time can be recognized in this respect even if they have not changed in taste. Therefore, the user must periodically empty and refill such ice cube containers, even if the ice cubes thus remade remain inedible during this time.

尽管已知设置带有盖的冰块容器，但这种盖按传统方式用于防止在灌装冰块容器时水洒出来并被带入冷冻装置内。因此该盖具有灌装接管，水可通过它注入容器中，该盖在冰块容器存放于冷冻装置内时保持敞开。因此，这种公知的盖既不能防止冰重结晶，也不能防止冰的口味改变。Although it is known to provide ice cube containers with lids, such lids are conventionally used to prevent water from spilling out and being carried into the freezer when the ice cube containers are filled. The lid thus has a filling nipple through which water can be poured into the container, and the lid remains open when the ice cube container is stored in the freezer. Thus, this known cover neither prevents recrystallization of the ice nor changes in the taste of the ice.

本发明的任务是，提供一种冰块容器，它允许在冷冻装置内制冰块和无损口味及外观地在冷冻装置内较长时间存放冰块。The object of the present invention is to provide an ice cube container which allows the production of ice cubes in the freezer and the storage of the ice cubes in the freezer for a longer period of time without loss of taste and appearance.

该任务的解决方案是，冰块容器具有一个下部分，该下部分具有多个在一侧敞开的格，该冰块容器还具有一个可定位在该下部分的该敞开侧面的上方的盖，其中，该盖是封闭的并且密封地连接在一个围绕该下部分的敞开侧面的边缘上。The solution to this task is that the ice cube container has a lower part with a plurality of compartments open on one side, the ice cube container also has a lid that can be positioned over the open side of the lower part, Wherein the cover is closed and sealingly attached to a rim surrounding the open side of the lower part.

在大多数塑料深冷容器中，盖比下部分更柔软并且在打开容器时弯曲，而下部分基本保持其形状，在本发明的冰块容器中情况最好相反。盖比下部分更加刚硬，这样，尤其是通过使用者在外侧握住下部分的格并相互挤压以使下部分弯曲并与盖脱开，盖与下部分可以相互分开。这样，一方面可达到盖牢固地保持在下部分上，另一方面下部分保留了为冰块脱出所希望的柔性。In most plastic cryogenic containers, the lid is more flexible than the lower part and bends when the container is opened, while the lower part retains its shape substantially, the opposite is preferably the case in the ice cube container of the present invention. The cover is more rigid than the lower part, so that the cover and the lower part can be separated from each other, in particular by the user holding the compartments of the lower part on the outside and pressing against each other so that the lower part bends and disengages the cover. In this way, on the one hand it is achieved that the cover is held securely on the lower part, while on the other hand the lower part retains the desired flexibility for ice cubes to escape.

为此，该冰块容器的盖最好用聚丙烯制成，而下部分用聚乙烯制成。For this reason, the lid of the ice cube container is preferably made of polypropylene, while the lower part is made of polyethylene.

也有利的是，下部分的敞开侧面具有一个环绕的凸起，下部分与盖之间的接触被限制在该凸起上。该凸起因此使容器的在各个格之间延伸的连接片与盖保持距离，使得这些连接片不会被冻结在盖上并阻碍下部分与盖的分离。It is also advantageous if the open side of the lower part has a surrounding projection, on which the contact between the lower part and the cover is limited. This protrusion thus keeps the webs of the container extending between the individual compartments at a distance from the lid, so that these webs cannot freeze on the lid and hinder the separation of the lower part from the lid.

本发明的其它特征和优点从下面借助附图对实施例的说明中得知。附图表示：Additional features and advantages of the invention emerge from the following description of exemplary embodiments with reference to the drawings. The accompanying drawings indicate:

图1本发明冰块容器的一个立体视图；和Figure 1 is a perspective view of the ice cube container of the present invention; and

图2图1中的冰块容器的边缘区域的一个剖面。FIG. 2 A section through the edge region of the ice cube container of FIG. 1 .

图1相互离开间距地表示出本发明冰块容器的下部分1和盖2。该下部分1具有一个平坦的上侧面3，在该侧面凹下去多个近似立方形的格4。相邻的格4通过一个溢流槽5相互连通，该溢流槽使得一个格4中的水可以溢流到邻近的格中，这样，整个下部分1可以通过只向其中一个格4中注入水来灌注，在此不会淹没上侧面3。FIG. 1 shows the lower part 1 and the lid 2 of the ice cube container according to the invention at a distance from each other. The lower part 1 has a flat upper side 3 in which a plurality of approximately cuboidal cells 4 are recessed. Adjacent compartments 4 communicate with each other through an overflow groove 5, which allows the water in one compartment 4 to overflow into an adjacent compartment, so that the entire lower part 1 can be injected into only one of the compartments 4 The water is poured without flooding the upper side 3 .

平坦的上侧面3被一个向上伸出的凸起6环绕地围住，该凸起的上边缘高出上侧面3的水平面1至2mm并且用作盖2的平坦的内侧面的支承。因此，盖2在闭合状态下不与上侧面3接触。The flat upper side 3 is surrounded all around by an upwardly protruding bead 6 whose upper edge is 1 to 2 mm above the level of the upper side 3 and serves as a support for the flat inner side of the cover 2 . Therefore, the lid 2 does not come into contact with the upper side 3 in the closed state.

凸起6的环绕的外壁8从内部紧贴在盖2的环绕的边缘9上，负责使冰块容器至少很大程度上不透水和不透气地封闭。The surrounding outer wall 8 of the projection 6 bears against the surrounding edge 9 of the lid 2 from the inside and ensures that the ice cube container is closed at least largely watertight and airtight.

用聚乙烯制成的下部分1比用聚丙烯制成的盖2更易于弯曲，这样，盖2在从下部分1上抬起时几乎不弯曲。为了将下部分1和盖2在冷冻状态下相互分开，使用者可以挤压下部分1的相反侧上的格4的彼此相反的侧面侧壁10，由此，下部分1弯曲并将盖2从它上面压开。The lower part 1 made of polyethylene is more flexible than the cover 2 made of polypropylene, so that the cover 2 hardly bends when lifted from the lower part 1 . In order to separate the lower part 1 and the cover 2 from each other in the frozen state, the user can squeeze the mutually opposite lateral side walls 10 of the compartment 4 on the opposite side of the lower part 1, whereby the lower part 1 bends and the cover 2 Press away from it.

Claims

1. Ice cube container having a lower part (1) with a plurality of compartments (4) open towards one side; also having a lid positionable over the open side of the lower part (1) (2) characterized in that the cover (2) is closed and sealingly attached to a rim (8) surrounding the open side of the lower part (1).

2. The ice cube container as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the lid (2) has a higher stiffness than the lower part (1).

3. Ice cube container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the lid (2) is made of polypropylene and the lower part (1) is made of polyethylene.

4. Ice cube container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the open side of the lower part (1) has a surrounding projection (6) between the lower part (1) and the cover (2) Contact is limited to this protrusion (6).